Any golfer facing a playoff to win The Masters would be forgiven for being all over the place as they walk off the 18th hole at Augusta National and make the long walk to go and sign their scorecard.
Many will remember how chaotic everything seemed to become once Rory McIlroy made the bogey on the 72nd hole which meant that he would have to overcome Justin Rose in a playoff if he wanted to win the Green Jacket at long last.
But something McIlroy will have certainly made sure to get right was signing his scorecard with so much at stake.
It would have been absolutely devastating after a day of such drama if McIlroy had missed out on winning The Masters because he had signed for the wrong score.
He would, however, not have been the first player to suffer that fate had he done so.
The player who missed out on a playoff at The Masters after signing for the wrong score
The 1968 Masters was won by Bob Goalby after the American had posted a 66 in the final round to finish on 11 under par. It would prove to be the only major championship of his career.
But perhaps there was something of an asterisk against that particular tournament, with Argentinian Roberto De Vicenzo leaving the 18th green on Sunday believing that he was also 11 under par for the event.
De Vicenzo actually reached 12 under par on the 17th hole after making a birdie. A bogey on the last would seemingly set the stage for the 1967 Open Championship winner to face off with Goalby in a playoff.
However, De Vicenzo’s playing partner Tommy Aaron marked him down for a four on the 17th. And because neither player spotted the error before the card was signed, the officials were left with no choice but to accept the higher score.
De Vicenzo would not have a shot at winning that year’s Masters in a playoff.
How Roberto De Vicenzo reacted to the scorecard error which denied him the opportunity to win The Masters
Remarkably, it was his 45th birthday on the day of the final round. And, as reported by Sports Illustrated, De Vicenzo was furious with himself, particularly with his only bogey of the day coming on the final hole.
“I play golf all over the world for 30 years, and now all I can think of is what a stupid I am to be wrong in this wonderful tournament. Never have I ever done such a thing before. Maybe I am too old to win,” he said.
Unfortunately, that year would prove to be as close to the Green Jacket as De Vicenzo would get. He missed the cut at The Masters in the next two years, while his best result at the first major of the year after 1968 came when he finished ninth in 1971.
The man who wrote down his score incorrectly however, would win at Augusta in 1973 – after managing to spot an error on his own card that year.
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